Hugo von Hindenburg

Hugo von Hindenburg (1880-26 October 1919) was a Communist Party of Germany (KPD) politician and the Chairman of the Munich Soviet during the German Revolution.

Biography
Hugo von Hindenburg was born in Munich, Bavaria, German Empire in 1880. He worked as a dramatist and playwright for years, and he became involved with the local Communist Party of Germany chapter. Von Hindenburg was named Chairman of the Munich Soviet on 3 October 1919 during the German Revolution, and he rose an army of 9,000 Red Guards. On 26 October 1919, his uprising was crushed by Ruprecht Heppendorf's 18,000-strong Reichswehr army, and Hindenburg was killed by a German firing squad.